Dr. Barbara Imhof is a principal, managing director, project manager and design architect at LIQUIFER Systems Group. She earned her PhD in Architecture in 2006 with dissertation title: ‘An Architectural Approach to a Long Duration Human Space Mission; Case study: Human Mission to Mars’ and a Master’s in Space Studies from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France in 1997. Her expertise also includes business development, systems design, human factors, interdisciplinary research, international cooperation and teaching.